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A Melbourne lady got here beneath an Islamophobic assault on Thursday, in keeping with an unbiased group that tracks anti-Muslim sentiment in Australia.
“Final night time, a Melbourne lady discovered the phrases ‘Get out Muslim C***’ and ‘Dying to Palestine’ alongside quite a lot of swastikas graffitied on her driveway outdoors her Melbourne house in Victoria,” stated the Islamophobia Register Australia in an announcement on Friday.
“The sufferer, a non-Muslim lady named Rita Mannessis believes she was focused as she’s proven open help for the Palestinian trigger,” stated the assertion.
The group famous that the incident comes amid an unprecedented surge in Islamophobic incidents since October 7.
An investigation into vandalism at house of 53-year-old stays ongoing, Victoria police instructed the Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC).
“There’s completely no place in our society for hate-based symbols and behavior,” stated an announcement.
Manessis instructed the ABC that she was “type of numb to it in the intervening time” however was shocked when the incident first happened and instantly knowledgeable the police.
She said that the incident wouldn’t forestall her from taking part in pro-Palestinian vigils and protests sooner or later.
“I do not really feel unsafe. I really feel extra offended, as a result of we all know why they do that; to intimidate individuals,” Manessis added.
She has a agency message for the perpetrators: “I’d say to this individual, whoever did it: ‘Thanks for shining that gentle on the actual division and the actual anti-Semitism and the actual Islamophobia that exists in our native neighborhood’.”
Government director of the Islamophobia Register Australia Nora Amath stated extra incidents like what occurred to Manessis might happen if the general public discourse across the Israel-Gaza struggle continues to be “polarizing, inflammatory, and dehumanizing.”
Amath additionally highlighted that studies and public discussions on the Israel-Gaza struggle want to offer extra context and be extra considerate.
Israel has continued its brutal offensive on Gaza since a Hamas assault final Oct. 7 regardless of a UN Safety Council decision demanding a right away cease-fire.
Greater than 36,700 Palestinians have since been killed in Gaza, most of them girls and kids, and over 83,500 others injured, in keeping with native well being authorities.
Eight months into the Israeli struggle, huge tracts of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of meals, clear water, and medication.
Israel stands accused of genocide on the Worldwide Court docket of Justice, whose newest ruling ordered Tel Aviv to right away halt its operation within the southern metropolis of Rafah, the place over 1,000,000 Palestinians had sought refuge from the struggle earlier than it was invaded on Might 6.
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